Air Force Medical Waiver for ADD? Why was he disqualified from the Air Force?

As long as the military can meet their recruiting goals without resorting to waivers, most waivers will not even be considered. The AF is going through a force reduction and has more fully qualified applicants than they can bring on board without waivers right now. Therefore anyone requiring a waiver will often not be considered for service unless they offer some unusual qualification that the AF is having problems with.

Being off meds is only one of the stipulations for a waiver to be satisfactorily considered. A diagnosis of ADD/ADHD and related learning and perceptual difficulties automatically requires a waiver regardless of how long the applicant has been off meds.

Air Force Medical Disqualifications

READ HERE!! Want someone in your boat? I can do better than that... I have a friend who was actually in your exact situation. They had Asthma and ADD on medical record. Did they tell anyone? No. They were confident their Asthma issue was at least past. Was he 100% sure? No, but the risk was worth it to him. If any symptoms came during basic, he knew he would be in trouble and that it would be the end of the line for him, if not life threatening. The legal and medical risks were his own, with no blame to cast should the occurance take place. Well, they are now 3 years in. Let me explain that, though... According to the military, he has no medical history. What? How? Well, there is a law that prevents the sharing of medical information (forget what it's called). However, you DO sign a waiver of this protection, so they technically could retrieve it. However, that is just it. In order to obtain this information, they have to go to the medical holder, or the one who you have the medical records on file with. If you were tested at XYZ facility for Athsma, they would have to specifically go to that facility to demand the files. That is the catch, however. How would they know to go to that facility rather than others? Frankly, there is little that is done to search your medical history, if anything at all. Just remember, it is all on you. Trying to get a job with secret clearance? No worries. That's mostly a legal check, not medical. Contact me if you wish to discuss this further.

He may have been off the medication for a year but he probably still has some ADD. Like a diabetic may stop taking his insulin but he is still a diabetic. They may have looked at his medical record, saw the extent of his problem, saw his school records and comments there also and decided that just because he is off his medication he still has a problem that makes him unfit for military service.

You have to understand that for 2009, 2010 and this year all the services have been getting a lot of volunteers and they really does not have to give waivers for borderline issues. For example, high school diploma or GED with 15 college credits....no waivers....They probably did the same with your boy friend.

The AF can be picky. Waivers are not always accepted and there could be any number of other reasons.

Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (314), or Perceptual/Learning Disorder(s) (315) is disqualifying, unless applicant can demonstrate passing academic performance and there has been no use of medication(s) in the previous 12 months.

Just because he was off the medication does not guarantee military acceptance. Also, waivers right now are hard, if not just impossible, to come by.

just be because he is eligible for waiver does NOT mean that they have to give him one.. or that they will.

the military can and will DQ anyone for any reason and they ARE NOT required to grant any sort of waiver.

serving is not a right, it is a privilege.. one that is NOT extended to all who apply.

I've never seen a medical waiver for ADD or ADHD; for the US Army approved. Most people just dont say anything. He shouldn't have gave him all the medical docs. There may have been some other mental defect that the doctor wrote in his records.